# mambo vs Mario

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mambo
*noun · IPA /ˈmæmbəʊ/ · frequency rank #38,033*
A voodoo priestess (in Haiti)

### Mario
*name · IPA /ˈmaɹiəʊ/ · frequency rank #4,873*
A male given name from Italian or Spanish.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mambo-vs-mario